[d3nigma]

I disagree with Dreyfus's view about strong ai. It's like saying that all lifeforms in the universe are carbon based, because we are carbon based lifeforms. But that's not necessarily true. I am a huge fan of bio-inspired engineering, however, and I think imitating/simulating "growing up" could be a reasonable approach to human-like intelligence. This phase of life is key for our understanding of the world. We define and refine our values and evolve from a blob of cells to a conscious being by observing our surroundings and acquiring huge amounts of knowledge. If this concept (refined by evolution over the last million years) is good enough for humankind, it is certainly good enough for human made intelligence. The biggest problem here is efficiency and complexity. We still don't know all mechanisms of our brain and we are not capable (yet) to simulate 100 billion neurons, each connected to up to 30.000 other neurons. That's the main problem here!